Bug 220560 - Dependency resolution on Desktop Environments is bad.
Summary: Dependency resolution on Desktop Environments is bad.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yum
Version: 6
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-12-22 02:20 UTC by Christopher Evans
Modified: 2014-01-21 22:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-04-25 19:00:52 UTC
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Description Christopher Evans 2006-12-22 02:20:59 UTC
Description of problem:
When removing KDE or GNOME from the system the dependency resolution removes the
other as well.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Install both KDE and GNOME try to remove one with yum.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install GNOME and KDE on the system
2. Attempt to remove one or the other after installation with a package manager
or command line
3. see that a package is removed that removes both Desktop Environments
  
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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2007-04-25 19:00:52 UTC
KDE and GNOME both have some common deps, so removing one can remove the others.
 Not much that can be done about it on the yum level.  We've tried to clean up
the cases of this in comps where we find them (and F7 should be al ot better)


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